fuse lighter
fuse lighter
[′fyüz ‚līd·ər] (engineering)
A device for facilitating the ignition of the powder core of a fuse.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
fuse lighter
A special device for the purpose of igniting safety fuses.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The list of intercepted items is long: a fake suicide vest used by an explosives instructor as a training aid; a live blasting cap and
fuse lighter; a shotgun discovered in a checked golf bag; an inert Bazooka round; and a stun gun designed to look like lipstick.
They are built up over time inside stars, as they
fuse lighter elements into heavier ones through nuclear fusion at their cores.
In the case of the 250-millimeter shells, the detonator and
fuse lighter were enclosed in the shell with tip or nose up.
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